John Lennon Letter to Paul and Linda McCartney Going Up for Auction

A letter John Lennon wrote to Paul McCartney and his late wife Linda will be up for auction and is expected to sell for about $60,700 (£40,000), NME reports.

Written in 1971, in the wake of the Beatles' break-up, the letter will be up for sale on May 30th as part of an online auction organized by Profiles in History. There's no word on the actual contents of the letter.

Last year, a draft of a 1971 letter Lennon wrote to Eric Clapton expressing his admiration for and a desire to collaborate with the guitarist was auctioned off (also by Profiles in History): "Eric, I know I can bring out something great, in fact greater in you that had been so far evident in your music," Lennnon wrote. "I hope to bring out the same kind of greatness in all of us, which I know will happen if/when we get together."

Not all Lennon letters have sold at auction: Last year, another note to Paul and Linda – a six-page rant about the end of the Beatles and how he and Yoko Ono were treated – failed to sell at Christie's in London after bids didn't reach the £63,000 reserve price.